Improvement in bale-ties



UNITED SI'rrifJuEIs JESSE R. HORTON, OFST. LOUIS, MISSGURI, AND HENRYRrHORTON, OF

MGKINN EY, TEXAS.

` IMPRQVEMENT IN BALE-Tnss.

Specification lormirg part of Letters Patent No. 174,247, dated February29, 1876; application led December 4, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, JESSE R. HORTON, of

the city and county of St. Louis, Missouri, and

the band in the requisite position for being locked together., Fig. 4 isa similar section,

- representing the ends ot' the band locked.

Our invention is an improvement upon the patented bale-tie illustrated(in longitudinal section) in Fig. 5, in which two n arrow elongated lugsare secured in one end ofthe band, at a short dista-nce apart, and ltheother end ofthe band provided with corresponding narrow and squareslots, through which said lugs are passed to form the lock,7 as shown.

The small lug a is curved on one side, in order to prevent the end cot'the band from slipping oli', and the larger lug b is undercut, .toenable the end c to be passedover said lug a.. llhe larger lug sustainsa part ot the strai-n to which the bandis subjected; but having three ofits sides straight, it does not aid in holding the end'd ofthe band incontact with the other. The consequence is, the lugs are 'liable tobepressed upward out ot' their slots bythe swelling of the bale, and theends of the band to A thus become loose or detached.- We avoid these andother objections incident to the construction of said patented tie bymaking the small lug B (see Figs. 1,2, and 3) with straight sides, andproviding the larger lug A with lateral flanges, and the band with abottleshaped` slot, D, and a round hole, E, to receive the respectivelugs. band are brought together, as shown in Fig. 3, and the lug Aenters the Wider portion of slot D,-the tension on the band causes saidlug to be drawn into the narrow part of the slot, and its lateralflanges pass over the edges of the band, forming the sides ot' suchnarrow portion, Figs. l, and 4., while the stud Bsimultaneously entersthe-hole E, and thus the lock is completed. It will be seen that, inthis case, the end C of the band is held in close contact with the otherend,F, by means of the lug` A, and the swelling of the bale can neveraffect the security of the fastening, since the flanges of said lug donot Vpermit it to be pressed out of the slot. Besides this, the smallerlug B'does not project froln'the sul'- face of the band, and the largerone, A, projects hut little, so that they do not catch in the cotton orwrapping ofthe bale,either in the act ot locking or unlocking.V

What we claim is- .p

The bale-band provided with the lug A, having opposite lateral lianges,the stud B, with vertical sides, and the lcorresponding slot D andholeE, having the form shown, as and for the purpose specified.

4J ESSE R. HORTON.

HENRY A. R. HOR'ION.

Witnesses z. f

J M. BENGE, JAs. L. WHITE.

Hence, when Athe ends ot' the

